What do Rahul Gandhi's hands tell us about his capability as a politician?

Rahul Gandhi is a decent person, an independent thinker, has a balanced personality and an open mind. The question is: Would he be effective as the Prime Minister of India? People say that he is being groomed for the top job and that is why this question becomes very important. I will try to answer it by studying the shape of his hand and fingers.

Will he make a good politician?
As Rahul’s thumb tells us, his will is certainly a not weak one, but if one takes into account the kind of will one needs to lead a country, then he needs more

of it. You need a very strong will to command and dominate others, to lead them to a goal. Rahul may have sufficient for himself, and he may have very good reasoning powers and judgment as well, but all in all he lacks the strong dominant will that strong leader of any nation needs. This isn’t about goodness or badness, just leadership. It is not just his thumb phalanges that are being taken into account here, but also the fact that his thumb is slightly flexible and slightly conic tipped, all of which softens the will. If he had excess of will, these softening influences are good. But he doesn't have an excess of it.
What makes him weaker is that Rahul is a refined person, lacking the kind of pushiness and aggression that can help make up for an average will. True, he can be stubborn on occasion although his stubbornness is no match for his father's, Rajiv Gandhi!

Rahul’s Jupiter fingers tells us that he does not have a greed for power or any craving to rule. This is a good sign because it means that even if Rahul gets power he is unlikely to become a tyrant or develop such a love for his chair that he will compromise the democratic institutions of this country. The shape of his hand also tells us that he is not selfish or narrow in his approach and he does have the intention to do good for India. This all holds as long as he does not change once he gets power. My reading is that as he is already into his forties, and his ideas and character is fairly set it is unlikely that he will intrinsically change. His strong Upper Mount of Mars also gives an indication that he is the kind to stick to his views.

Rahul has other qualities which can help him be a good leader even if he does not have a dominant will. As his Jupiter finger and mount shows, he has a sense of honour and self pride, as well as ambition (even if it is not to rule), and he is in fact very fair, and believes in a higher cause. He has ideals and a vision.

Even better, the position of Rahul’s fingers tell us that is very independent minded, and also acts independently although he has tried to curb this latter trait. This is a very good sign in a leader, (independence of thought) because it means he will not depend on sycophants.

His Saturn tells us that he will take responsibility and try to fulfill it diligently, and that he is dependable.

However he lacks another quality which a politician needs to have. Which is a canny shrewdness. It is not as if he is naïve, although he can be trusting. But he does lack that sharp cunning that seems to be necessary to people to survive and thrive, in Indian politics at least.

Rahul can express himself well and is tactful. If given the chance he can hone himself to be a good speaker although he does lack the magnetism. This is because Rahul is not really a people’s person. It is not that he doesn't like people, in fact he does like to reach out to them. He is certainly not as difficult to approach as his mother is, but he does have an inherent something that makes him a bit of a loner. Whatever little I could glean from his heart line and the beginning of his head and life tell us this about him. Call it cautiousness or shyness or inhibition, but it can prevents him from truly emotionally connecting with a mass of people. We are not talking about personal relationships here, but Rahul as a leading politician in India. What is good is that he keeps improving in this department as he gets older and will keep improving. His Mount of Venus has a good development and this is a good sign.

I personally think that as he led a protected life in his early years (both he and Priyanka were schooled at home due to security concerns) it did nothing to ease his cautiousness and shyness. It is important to note however that he was born this way. (the left hand tells us the inherited qualities and the right hand the person's current thinking if the person is right handed, like Rahul is.)

From looking at his hands I can confidently say that if Rahul had not been born in a politician's family he would not have chosen politics as a career. He doesn’t have that type of ambition. He in fact is happy doing some serious work in the background, and feeling useful. I guess this is because most of us know our limitations and Rahul is no exception. In Rahul's case, if he had not been born with the silver spoon in his mouth he would never have been elected as MP as he does not have the pulling power, the power to pull in votes on his own steam. His name is what got him the votes. But I guess one doesn't even have to read his hands to say this. Most people believe this anyway.

What Rahul Gandhi is like as a person:
Rahul has broad and liberal views, and is a practical and reasonable man. He is not as calm as he appears to be though. All the three Mars Mounts on his hand tell a story. They tell us that he has a bit of a temper although it has decreased over the years. Not just his temper, his aggression levels have gone down too, from what he has inherited. However his mental strength has not diminished. He is in fact fairly resilient, can be difficult to push and is steadfast in his views. This quality of his, evident in the development of his Upper Mars, is an excellent sign as his thumb is not very strong. It is interesting to note that both his parents, Rajiv and Sonia have this quality too (of mental strength) and as it is present in Rahul’s left hand too, it shows that this is an inherited quality. As both his parents have this, the environment was such that this quality of his must have been nurtured.

Rahul’s Saturn finger and Mount (as well as his head line and thumb) tell us that he is practical and has common sense, but that does not mean that he is that agreeable a person up close. He can be stubborn and he also has a tendency to do something which he feels is right and in this sense he can go against societal norms, making people around him uncomfortable.

He also has a tendency to take himself too seriously, or in other words he is a serious person although he can lighten up on occasion. He can be moody.

He can be quite economical and at times stingy. He is not the studious sort but he does have an active mind and enjoys mental pursuits. He is disciplined and controlled. He is the type one can rely on, a friend who will be true.

His Sun finger tells us that he has good taste and a liking for art although he is not the kind of person to spurge on it. Although he is not avaricious, money does matter to him, in the sense of maintaining the kind of lifestyle that he is used to. It’s not just the comforts that are important to him, but also the status that it brings him.

It wasn’t easy reading Rahul Gandhi's hand as there was no photograph of his which revealed the lines much. The shape of the hand does give a framework of a person’s character, but it's the lines that can give the specifics. In some of the readings I have done, Hillary Clinton's for example, I got a vague idea of her lines which helped me a lot in the reading. In the case of Rahul this was not possible.

Will Rahul Gandhi become the Prime Minister of India?
As for Rahul's future, whether he will actually get the top job or not, that is impossible to say without getting a good look at the lines of his hand. Even then, nothing is ever fixed. Some years ago Rahul did not even want to become Prime Minister, today he is mulling over the idea but is reluctant, so tomorrow who knows? Some years later he might even want to become the P.M. and go after it, and then his personality might change and maybe he might even become a dynamic leader! One can never tell about tomorrow.

Anyway, even if Rahul is pushed or persuaded to become the P.M tomorrow, the man will certainly not harm India. He has some very good qualities as this reading shows and will also be able to get the right people on his team as he is not the kind to fall prey to sycophants.

If you want to know what Rahul Gandhi's parents are really like, then check out the Hand Analysis of Sonia Gandhi and that of his father Rajiv Gandhi. Find out whether there are any similarities between Rajiv and his son Rahul.
Also read Priyanka Gandhi's hand analysis and find out whether her hands reveal that she is better Prime Ministerial material as compared to her brother Rahul.

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